Media captionSir Chris Hoy spoke to BBC Scotland as he waited to lead out Team GB at the Olympic opening ceremony

Sir Chris Hoy has told BBC Scotland he is immensely proud to have been the Team GB flag-bearer at the London 2012 opening ceremony.

The four-time Olympic cycling champion led his teammates out in the athletes' parade.

The British team walked through a guard of honour of schoolchildren as they made their way across Olympic Park to the stadium.

Sir Chris said: "I couldn't have dreamt this moment."

Talking to BBC Scotland as he waited to lead out Team GB, the Scottish cyclist added: "As we get closer now everyone is getting more and more excited.

"I've got goosebumps already and I haven't even got in the stadium. Everyone is excited and can't wait to get in there.

"The competition is another thing entirely, this is just for celebration and to say we've made it, we're Olympians, we're here with the team and we are leading out the greatest team at the Olympic Games."

About 80,000 people in the Olympic Stadium and a worldwide television audience of one billion watched the opening ceremony, which was the brainchild of the film director, Danny Boyle.